Ward off the chill with a home energy audit party
What better way to cast away winter blues than to have a party? TheGrand Marais Public Utilities Commission (PUC) supports you in that idea. The party the PUC is hoping you will do is quite likely a new breed: it’s the home energy audit party, and like most good Northland parties, it involves friends, coffee, and cookies. Full Story
Neighbors want Ours Resort changed back to residential zoning
The Ours Resort in Lutsen, owned for decades by Ours Local 653, a meat cutters’ union, as a private retreat, has been zoned resort commercial/residential since 2007 when some changes to the property resulted in rezoning from residential. A year and a half later, neighbors still have concerns regarding the potential ramifications of the resort/commercial residential zoning status. Full Story
2009 county board roll call
TheCook County Board of Commissioners met in regular session 37 times in 2009. Following is a list of how many of those meetings each county commissioner attended. Absences were due to funerals, illness, vacations, and attendance on behalf of the county at out-of-town meetings. Full Story
Highway Department projects come in under and over budgets
The county board approved final payment to Northland Constructors December 22, 2009 for reconstruction of the east end of County Road 7. The cost of the project was $2,672,889.27, about 12% over the bid, according to County Engineer Shae Kosmalski. The extra cost was due to increases in the cost of blacktop and design changes that had to be made once the project was underway, Kosmalski said. Full Story
Record number of gypsy moths found in Minnesota
Northlanders are becoming used to seeing little triangles of cardboard tacked to trees in the remotest of locations. After more than 10 years of gypsy moth monitoring, most people know that these are moth traps, put in place by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA). Full Story
Untangling the complexity of property taxes
Trying to make sense of one’s property tax bill can be difficult, especially if it is drastically different from that of the neighbor next door. At a December 15, 2009 truth-in-taxation public hearing, County Auditor-Treasurer Braidy Powers and County Assessor Mary Black tried to explain the complexities of taxation. Full Story
Cook County Law Enforcement briefs
It is the policy of the Cook County News-Herald to withhold
the identities of individuals in Cook County Law
Enforcement briefs. When court proceedings are complete,
the Cook County News-Herald publishes a complete accounting
of names and penalties in its Matters of Record.
Monday, Dec. 21
Full Story
School board anticipating referendum
Superintendent Beth Schwarz outlined the school’s FY2011 budget at a truth-in-taxation public hearing December 21, 2009, although no community members came specifically for the hearing. Full Story
U.S. News & World Report recognizes CCHS
Cook County High School has been recognized as a “Bronze” school by U.S. News &
World Report
in its America’s Best High Schools
project. Superintendent Beth Schwarz made the announcement to school staff in December with a congratulatory e-mail declaring, “Thank you all staff, for all you do for our children!” Full Story
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